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Is President Obama Serious About a New Relationship with the Americas?

Sarah van Gelder | Posted 05.21.2009 | World

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Sarah van Gelder

Will Obama rebuild our relationship with the south on a foundation of respect for democracy? Or will it be more of the same superpower policies cloaked in collaborative and intelligent rhetoric?

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Obama In Mexico: Drug Violence To Top List Of Issues (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Stuart Whatley | Posted 05.17.2009 | World

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President Obama travels to Mexico Thursday morning as the first stop in his Latin America trip, after which he will join other regional leaders in Tri...

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On Canada Trip, Obama Floats a Discredited NAFTA Canard

David Sirota | Posted 03.22.2009 | Politics

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David Sirota

Obama looks like he's starting to prioritize the Washington status quo on trade over real change.

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Canadian Interview With Obama

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation | PETER MANSBRIDGE | Posted 03.21.2009 | World

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Below is an interview with President Obama by Peter Mansbridge, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Q Mr. President, thank you for doing this -- Ca...

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Mr. Obama, Start Walking Your Bottom Up Talk

Rob Kall | Posted 03.08.2009 | Politics

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Rob Kall

Bottom up approaches work because they do something different than usual, or because they support bottom up community, cooperation, sharing and community.

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Obama Reaffirms Promise to Renegotiate NAFTA

Laura Carlsen | Posted 02.12.2009 | World

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Laura Carlsen

A war of words has raged over whether President-elect Barack Obama will hold to his campaign promise of opening up the North American Free Trade Agreement for renegotiation.

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Obama May Delay Nafta Overhaul In Victory For Caterpillar, GE

Bloomberg News | Posted 12.19.2008 | Business

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Barack Obama, who threatened during the presidential campaign to withdraw from the North American Free Trade Agreement unless he could renegotiate it,...

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Is the GOP Really the Party of Free Trade?

William Bernstein | Posted 07.10.2008 | Politics

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William Bernstein

Obama is highly intelligent, highly trained -- and he knows full well that the nation as a whole benefits from free trade, even if substantial minorities are harmed by it.

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Jason Linkins

Fortune Article Selectively Quotes Obama, Misleads On NAFTA Position

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 06.26.2008 | Politics

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An article from Fortune Magazine, entitled "Obama: NAFTA not so bad after all," captures the Democratic candidate walking back his previously stated p...

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The (Bill) Clinton Legacy

Jim Goldgeier and Derek Chollet | Posted 06.17.2008 | Politics

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Jim Goldgeier and Derek Chollet

Free trade, democracy promotion, and use of force comprised the core of Clinton's foreign policy -- and Obama falls squarely within this tradition. Yet these positions will be even harder for him to maintain.

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A Trade Proposal Even the Teamsters Can Support

James P. Hoffa | Posted 06.14.2008 | Business

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James P. Hoffa

For the past 15 years, anyone who opposed a so-called "free trade agreement" was labeled a protectionist. And that was the end of the story. The TRADE Act allows us to present an alternative.

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Obama Supporter: Goolsbee Should Clarify NAFTA Comments To Canada

Politico | Ben Smith | Posted 04.16.2008 | Politics

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A bit of a veer off topic on the Obama conference call to press Clinton to drop Mark Penn. Teamsters President James Hoffa, asked about Austan Goolsb...

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Report: Clinton's Private Objections To NAFTA "Ludicrous"

ABC's Political Punch | Jake Tapper | Posted 03.29.2008 | Politics

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I have now talked to three former Clinton Administration officials whom I trust who tell me that then-First Lady Hillary Clinton opposed the idea of i...

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Obama Camp: Clinton Owes Apology Over NAFTA Comments

Huffington Post | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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*** NEW UPDATES BELOW *** Yesterday, with the release of Sen. Clinton's schedule as the former first lady, ABC reported: One interesting event in Se...

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Canadian PM: Clinton Camp Never Talked To Us About NAFTA

Globe and Mail | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton never gave Canada any secret assurances about the future of NAFTA such as those allegedly offered by B...

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Clinton's NAFTA Attack Against Obama Is Unfounded

Lecia Shorter | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

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Lecia Shorter

Why then did Senator Clinton, an attorney with so much "experience," resort to using statements, the veracity of which are highly questionable, and amount to double hearsay to boot?

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Conflicting Obama Answers On NAFTA Meeting

Politico | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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For four days after a news report alleged that Sen. Barack Obama's economic adviser had told Canadian officials to ignore the Democrat's tough talk on...

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Obama Denies Assuring Canada on NAFTA

Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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UPDATE: Canada's parliament took up the issue of Obama's position on NAFTA today, with Liberal leaders angrily accusing conservative Prime Minister St...

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Canadian Paper Stands By Story Criticizing Obama On NAFTA

CTV | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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Allegations of double talk on NAFTA from the Obama and Clinton campaigns dominated the U.S. political landscape on Thursday. On Wednesday, CTV report...

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McCain Attacks Obama Over Debunked NAFTA Story

ABC's Political Punch | Jake Tapper | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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Responding to a Canadian Television report that an aide to Sen. Barack Obama, D-Illinois, had reached out to the Canadian Ambassador to the U.S. to re...

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NAFTA Criticism Evokes Response From Canada, Mexico

New York Sun | Josh Gerstein | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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Canada and Mexico are rebuking the top Democratic presidential candidates, senators Clinton and Obama, for vowing to renegotiate the North American Fr...

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